I'm using the Garmin marine mount to hold the GPSMAP 478, bolted to an aluminum plate, mounted to my quick release top box. The whole setup comes off very easy and I never have to unplug anything from the Garmin, instead a military grade waterproof connector is used on the box to supply power, and the audio comes out the front with a panel mount 1/8th jack.

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I use a Garmin GPSMap 60CSx and the only thing I don't like about it is the fact that the power cable has nothing holding it in. It falls out often.

This is what the back of the gps looks like, in the RAM mount:

This is not helped by the pFranc power cable I made up, but I like the setup so I gave a little thought to the idea of keeping the cable in and came up with this:

This is just a flat piece of plexiglass which I cut up and is now sandwiched between the RAM diamond mount and the RAM gps holder, and which keeps the power cable from coming out unless I remove the gps from the RAM mount.

That should be the end of that problem, I hope.

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Due to it NOT being wide screen it fits in very nicely in the space between the windscreen and the instruments. It does not have Bluetooth or XM, does do basic text-to-speech (no street names).

I initially had a cheaper one (Nuvi 265) but found out that the cheaper ones do not allow a custom route (they allow waypoints but you can't pick the ROADS so ... that caused me to upgrade).

Being waterproof, having a swappable battery (advertised to last 8 hrs), and the topo maps - I use it for hiking and camping also made it not hurt so much on the wallet. Bluetooth would have been nice as I could see WHO was calling during a ride and then decide wether to pull over and talk or roll on the gas but I can live without it...

The new units are small enought to fit in a pocket, so I decided not to worry about a locking mount... one more key to dick with ... that I could loose....

Since I financed my bike, I said "Screw it." and got the Nav III, which is wired into the CANbus plug. I want to be able to use my eTrex as a backup, or if I want to let the wife use the Nav in the car. I found a car charger with a USB for a blue-tooth earpiece. I just wired a cigarette plug into the bike via an AP-1 and "Voila!" USB power!

Rob

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Can't justify a separate GPS in 4 different vehicles. So my solution was a Pelican box mounted across the middle of the handle bar with two U-bolts. Pelican box was $15 on eBay (wallyworld has a one for $10.) My Magellan 5310 has a 5 1/2 inch screen and the volume can be so loud I can easily hear the street by street directions without a headset. Box does not effect view of speed-0 or OBC. I never change a GPS while riding so opening and closing the waterproof Pelican is very easy. box also works well for I-Pod and Radio.